IDEF 2019: Otokar debut AKREP IIe: Turkey’s first Electric Armoured Vehicle

Jane’s Land Warfare Platforms editor, Samuel Cranny-Evans speaks to Serdar Görgüç General Manager of Otokar about the debut of their electrically powered Akrep IIe weapons carrier technology demonstrator. Also on display at the show were Otokar's Tulpar Light Tank and their Ural SOV. Click here to view the related article on janes.com: www.janes.com/...

[@thuletumi5816]

Turkish defence industry is fast developing. In the 10 years will be like japan and chine for products

[@themengene1132]

Yes ı think too because turkish army industry started 30 years ago, if Turks start 100 years ago, now turkish army can be like usa or russian army, do you know, we were making fighter jets but usa didnt want this at 1950 because usa givean jets.. What a pitty

[@tigbak18salas61]

You mean china? China products are alk fake lol

[@themengene1132]

@Tom E dont cry :)

[@gokhanbursa6227]

Tom E If you’re embarrassed, then do something about it! If you can’t quit bitching and mind your own business, Suck it!And let the man be proud and happy about it!

[@gokhanbursa6227]

Tom E fascism where is the fascism in this?You made up in your mind a true evil image and dump all countries and people whom you approach with prejudice and surmise we are some kind of lunatics?But sorry we aren’t.Stop watching cartoons and reading bullshit crap about other nations and know your facts! Isolating your minds and ignoring realities of this world will not work out I assure you.

[@ahmetcetin3875]

Actually this armored vehicle for anti terrorism, because its incredibly silence like a death. This machine not for big battle war. This is for quick, silence, short operation.

[@GaryHamad]

OMG, YOU'RE RIGHT! STEALTH MISSIONS

[@mubarakalotaibi456]

Basically for special forces not for army use

[@defencebangladesh4068]

Bangladesh Army has ordered 600+ Otokar Cobra II Some of them are already being used in mali UN mission.

[@themengene1132]

When?

[@sundancer06]

@@themengene1132 UN uses otokar cobra vehicle very frequently

[@emrecanan2753]

Who is Bangladesh Army? Little country. Keep buying!!!!!!!

[@defencebangladesh4068]

@@sundancer06 yes...

[@defencebangladesh4068]

@@emrecanan2753 yeah little country with mighty heart.

[@horstboellinger6880]

If the price is still right the turkey firms will play big. The AKREP II with a small and quit engine can go for real long recon. The light Tank will have enough power for most countries that not face G8 states.

[@thegreatnormad3424]

Absolutely impressive car

[@id104335409]

Elon looking at the turret thinking "hmmmmm....."

[@themengene1132]

Uuummm

[@d4main1]

Not bad very clever. Big interior strategic thinking and viewing space. Its quiet enough to sneak upto your enemy and shoot, No gearbox no oil no engine means alot of weight savings. If they are working alongside Korea i think in real life terms it will have 200 miles, thats enough as most of the time it will be rotating its canon.

[@hbeslanb]

A dedicated support vehicle with an integrated battery loader unit would be very nice. Might even act as a battery charger using a seperate diesel engine.

[@kaankahriman8470]

AS A TURKISH I LOVE EMBARGO. MOST ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY STEPS IN TURKEY ..PLEASE CAN I GET A SOME AMBARGO

[@TrassseB]

the Turkish industry has been around since late 80's but the until 2000 it was very poor and limited, from 2000-2010 it made good progres byt the progress made from 2011 to now is outstanding, by 2030 Turkey will definetly be in the top 10 arms supliers of the world they are already in the top 3 regarding Armed Drones only behind USA in numbers and technology but ahead of other nations in quality but behind in numbers to china.

[@Home0653]

Turkiyenin zamaninda onunu kesmeselerdi turklerin yapamiyacagi birsey yok icimizdeki hainler sagolsun. Araba yapmisiz engel oldular yaptirmadilar ucak yapmissiz keza Oda oyle

[@______7485]

barcelona's sponsor's car BEKO=OTOKAR

[@emrebayram1778]

KOC company

[@zaaz73]

It's beautiful

[@HA-im1fy]

It's like Batman's car 👍🏼

[@hiscmn368]

Good job Turkey

[@tolgabalkan2968]

This is a scout vehicle , ok why electric? low thermal trace , silent .. this makes it difficult for the enemy to see you

[@ismailabdukadir1130]

This is not military car, it is just local security car and it is very smart to power with electric batteries since the purpose is to use inside the country !

[@bradjohnson5323]

I can understand an extended range hybrid with a diesel power pack charging the batteries. When you need to be super quiet or have a lower heat signature we go in electric mode, but when you need the range you just run the diesel power pack. Logistics are simple, just refill with diesel. 'Refilling' a full electric vehicle in the road or in a forward camp strikes me as extremely inefficient, either you are carrying around heavy expensive charged and depleted battery packs in your logistic train, or you wait many hours with the vehicle plugged into single phase diesel generator to recharge the battery.

[@Jinx_TR]

There are hybrid configurations of this vehicle as well.

[@musti197000]

Akrep batteries have fast charging ability. Only 3 min needed to charge the batteries up to 80%. Much faster than filling diesel in the tank.

[@timmurphy5541]

The logistics will involve providing spare parts for those hybrid engines and their gearboxes and drive shafts, differentials etc most of which you may be able to get rid of if you go all-electric.

[@bradjohnson5323]

@@timmurphy5541 A hybrid could get rid of all those things. Just need a diesel engine and a generator, then all electric from that point. That is how trains engines work.

[@bradjohnson5323]

@@musti197000 Perhaps fast charging from something like a tesla supercharger, how about in the middle of the desert on the move? I think the solution given was to change out the battery pack with a forklift. That to me is a problem, needing a forklift to fuel up.

[@robergainful9794]

turkish defence, very very good... congratulations!!!

[@westwing23]

The akrep looks awesome but how much ammo can it carry? If its Magfed then how many rounds per mag does it carry? is it easy to swap mags quickly? Can the truck handle the recoil at every angle of the truck? Could it fire on the move?

[@kamildemir5791]

it was mentioned that it can carry 90mm gun, which is the highest you can imagine. normally these vehicles carry 25mm max..

[@westwing23]

@@kamildemir5791 90mm is too much unless its a recoiless system. 25mm or 30mm is edging the capability of that or any military truck.

[@dodgedemonsrtx]

@@westwing23 yeah,90 Mike Mike is too much for this little scout car

[@СергейПетров-т3д2х]

Крутая идея!

[@themengene1132]

Da :)

[@mediamattersismycockholste562]

The Enemy: "ya wanna wait him out until his batteries are dead and then go steal his tires?" "yeah, sure."

[@ahmetcetin3875]

Bro this is not for full.power battle, this is for anti terrorism, Turkiye devoloped this for short, sudden, silence operation. This machine incredible silence.

[@mediamattersismycockholste562]

@@ahmetcetin3875 "Gets taken out by deaf suicide bomber with 20/20 vision"

[@ahmetcetin3875]

@@mediamattersismycockholste562 we was kill 7.000+ isis gay with 2 operation, dont worry it was include minimum 2k suicide bomber, you can sleep with your family safetly, .

[@dodgedemonsrtx]

Lol

[@azaharudin973]

You can put a generator to charge the battery and bring extra battery for replacement if needed.. I found it very useful for using it as a guardian car not for invade other country... It will become easy maintenance and cheap cost for long term.. But you must spend a for a solar panel charging station or just use electricity power supply provide

[@chuckchuck5209]

Wtf that beast must have to be quietly 🤔

[@melihatisho6161]

İts quite

[@jamesunderhill4153]

Everybody knows now an electric motor puts out instant torque the moment it is needed. Put one or two in an MBT and that should do quite well.

[@kizzyp2735]

Turret reminds me of the British Humber armoured car of WW2

[@the.apocalypse.is.69]

This is a breakthrough in light armored vehicles can’t wait until it opens to the public

[@mustafamutlu7383]

Türkün gücünü göreceksiniz

[@richardwendt9266]

Guy at 4:43 really doesn't want to be seen on camera.

[@mustafakaya7282]

And very handsome military car

[@natiqsadiqov7687]

Mašallah Gerat TURKEY 🇹🇷 ! Allah loves TURKEY.

gtfo with this shit

[@natiqsadiqov7687]

Sikdir burdan qehbe balasi

[@gaziarian9738]

@ Gtfo the comment section and possibly the channel as well

[@hohohohoh4043]

funny watching the islamophobes losing their shit lol keep it up its quite entertaining

[@ProFettMoHaMett]

💩💩💩🕌💩💩💩👆

[@kevinblackburn3198]

I like the idea of am ultra quiet recon vehicle but his dancing around the range question tells me that this is still a ways off before it's tactically viable.

[@wanasmav]

Elon Musk next project, eMBT

[@edwardd.484]

So they plan to switch the batteries out down range? Every 200 miles? Hmmm

[@bledakaan]

This is a start up. Time and operations will collect experiences for the future. For sure it has a future.

[@jebise1126]

why turkey gives czech names to their vehicles than?

[@matthew7027]

Akrep means scorpion in Türkish

[@jebise1126]

@@matthew7027 what about otokar? thats czech name

[@matthew7027]

@@jebise1126 what does otokar means in czech tounge?

[@jebise1126]

@@matthew7027 its name first name... some kings were named otokar

[@matthew7027]

@@jebise1126 oo thats interesting. İts only Türkish version of "autocar". İts just a similarity cheers

[@gasdorficmuncher9943]

its ok but itz not a tesla ....no auto drive ...auto kill?

[@deanomoore7026]

Not a bad idea 🤔

[@tanjutunc2191]

🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷🇹🇷😘😘

[@servistools6254]

Elhamdulilah

[@osamaalafghanee8868]

If it's electrically powered, doesn't that mean that it is silent as well.

[@Abisshaq]

It is quiet.

[@elcinkerim9001]

Turkish Power .

[@ProFettMoHaMett]

Pisslam

[@memaati01-hsb98]

@@ProFettMoHaMett butt hurt :D

[@ELTURCO-u9y]

@@ProFettMoHaMett Heul leise, du Schrumpfgermane.

[@ProFettMoHaMett]

@@ELTURCO-u9y Bitte keine Hetze

[@elray1013]

Very Good

[@idrisertem9793]

Developed all these armoured vehicles yet the Turkish army doesn't use any of them

[@Aliseker34]

🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@nopoliticiannorajneeti1236]

Good turkey

[@jhunalmero8891]

wish it has machine gun o gatling gun, grenade launcher and missile for land and air offence and defense on each side.Philippines will need this but diesel engine only

[@crazyjds]

think solar panel charging them in isolated area! the logistic/operational saving!

[@britbong1457]

crazyjds that'd probably take ages to charge

[@crazyjds]

Watch the video they have hotswap options so if Need to it can be done fast

[@crazyjds]

They are actually doing that in some electric trikes

[@kamildemir5791]

it was mentioned that it can carry 90mm gun, which is the highest you can imagine. normally these vehicles carry 25mm max.. because of being full electric, it can carry a lot of weight

[@emrebayram1778]

Nice designe

[@favorius]

Ural çok güzelmiş. Param olsa da alsam.

[@DONMURATTHEDUKE]

I want one

[@umarm.9543]

cocok nih buat ke papua numpas opm

[@Ade-mu4zn]

🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩 1000D

[@Ade-mu4zn]

🇮🇩🇮🇩🇮🇩 1000D

[@aaaa_10]

ALTAY OTOKARA VERİLMELİYDİ.

[@kelesh3347]

Otokara verilince ne olacaktı? Afrin ve diğer YPG operasyonlarımız yüzünden motor vermeyen MTU ''Haa Otokar varsa YPGye saldırabilirsiniz'' deyip motoru ve transmisyonu verecek miydi? Bana BMC mi Otokar mı deseler Otokarı seçerim. Ama hayal kurmaya gerek yok. Altay projesi kimde olursa olsun aynı sorunla karşılaşacaktık.

[@dodgedemonsrtx]

@@kelesh3347 BMC yerli motor üretecek diye verilmişti diyenler var,ama BMC nin fabrikası bile yok

[@kelesh3347]

@@dodgedemonsrtx bu bilgileri nereden alıyorsunuz bilmiyorum. Projeye Otokar afaki rakamlar çekti diye BMC ye verildi. Hatta Otokara fiyatların yüksek olduğu bildirildi ve Otokar fiyatı indiremeyecegini söyledi (mutlaka kendilerince haklı sebebleri vardır) BMC çok daha düşük fiyatlar verdi ve BMC ilk etapta "ben ilk tankları banttan kendi motorum ile çıkartacağım" diye birşey demedi. Bu sonraki fazlarda yapılacaktı. (Yanlış hatırlamıyorsam T3 tü) Tabi bunun bir sebebi de Koçun hükümetle yaşadığı fikir ayrılıkları. Doğruya doğru. Fabrika konusuna gelince; Otoların da fabrikası yok. Zırhlı araç ile tank üretimi çok farklı. Otokar Altay ihalesini alsaydı Kobra veya diğer zırhlı araçları ürettiği fabrikalarda üretemeyecekti. Muhtemelen o da yine tank palete gidecekti. Çünkü tank paletteki alt yapı tank üretimi için uygun. Kesinlikle yeterli değil ama uygun.

[@arda213]

@@kelesh3347 Haa aynen kanka BMC'nin başında Ethem Sancak denen yandaş akplinin olmasıyla bir alakası yok durumun.

[@kelesh3347]

@@arda213 Ethem Sancağı zerre kadar sevmeyen birisiyim. Şu anda BMC ortağı değil ve gittiğine çok memnun oldum. Bence ezberlerini bir kenara atıp MTU firmasının ve Alman hükümetinin Afrin harekatından sonra söylediklerine bakmalısın. Veya projede çalışan bir arkadaşın varsa bizzat sorabilirsin. Almanya o motoru Afrin harekatından dolayı vermeyeceğini politik bir dille DW aracılığı ile söyledi. Motor için Alman sendikaları çok istekli olsa da Alman hükümeti bunu kabul etmedi.

[@fuffoon]

Shhhhh. Stealth tanks are coming quietly.

[@michaelgold8107]

3x AAA Recyclable Duracell alkaline batteries! LOOOOOOOL!

[@SouthernHerdsman]

This comment is an example of fine quality, of how to overwhelm a reader's Meme Reference System.

[@michaelgold8107]

@@SouthernHerdsman Its humour! With a touch of reality check!"👌

[@gaziarian9738]

Ohh this butthurt guy again Saw him in another IDEF video Talking crap...

[@michaelgold8107]

@@gaziarian9738 Hi!! Now you are here...You got any solar panels for your vehicles! We are still waiting here at lebanon border!

[@TheGolgeadam06]

@@michaelgold8107 We will come soon.... (אנו נבוא בקרוב)

[@whatwhat9331]

looks like they slammed a Bradley turret on a Fennek

[@suhan8382]

I would add turboshaft electric generator to it 🇹🇷🤘Hybrid is better solution I guess

[@jasonhay1956]

Turkey should be able to sell more wheeled Vehicles in Africa if CHINA does not take all the business.

[@catlee8064]

Middle of combat....and your battery runs out.....well done....

[@Ni1zz]

Have you see how Samsung battery exploited? Well, this thing has way bigger battery

[@jimigrill]

Have you seen how a fuel tank explodes buddy?

[@omarzeddey4703]

Turkey best ever

[@jasons44]

sell it to russia

[@HanSolo__]

I don't think this guy has the understanding of "forced recon". I also don't think he has the understanding of quiet recon. This is neither of mentioned. To be first it is way too small, too fragile, and can't carry any useful amount of ammo. To be second, it should be fitted with a .50 cal/40mm grenade launcher for self-defense in case of detection and that's it. Maybe something like the latest Carl Gustaw to address any high danger. Not more. 30mm will rock this vehicle so much that it will hit shit.

[@NotoriusMaximus]

good luck to recharge it in hostile area

[@westwing23]

its a hybrid, you have a diesal power and electric power.

[@memaati01-hsb98]

you need to watch this video again… you can rechaarge it with using fuel

[@NotoriusMaximus]

@@memaati01-hsb98 there are 2 models one pure elctric, and one hybrid. I was referring to electric only

[@Abisshaq]

@@NotoriusMaximus You don't recharge it. Watch the video again. You just swap the battery. There is a fresh battery (200km) under the hood in case you run out of energy.

[@ramazanaraz615]

Akrep🦂🇦🇿🇹🇷

[@spazmonkey2131]

Stick that turret on a humvee

[@spazmonkey2131]

@@chuckchuck5209 guess we could put it on the new jltv from Oshkosh

[@chuckchuck5209]

spaz monkey The Pentagon did tested the JLTV and they mean it is not combat ready coused by reliability issues 😁 Maybe another vehicle 😊

[@spazmonkey2131]

@@chuckchuck5209 the mrap is too top heavy, what if we take an old fast attack vehicle and modify it for the turret

[@chuckchuck5209]

spaz monkey maybe a new vehicle designed for the remote controlled turret. I think with thermal or night vision optics it will be an effektive vay against foot soldiers and light armored vehicles.

[@spazmonkey2131]

@@chuckchuck5209 it would be great as a patrol vehicle as well for supporting infantry

[@cascadianrangers728]

Sneaky boi

[@necipcaglayan2649]

akrep 2 look so sexyy and smart handsome viechel....

[@dmz66000]

Panhard CRAB Oo! lol

[@kenangokmen6383]

DMZ turkish scoprion

[@dmz66000]

@@kenangokmen6383 oui je sais. Ce que je veux dire, c'est que c'est un copier coller du crab.

[@0MoTheG]

I do not understand how Turkey can finance this. They must not be wasting money like other states.

[@Necromancer_46]

How? Let me explain it for you: The government is fucking our pockets with taxes here.

[@oguztokur3673]

Necromancer these are private companies.they fund themselves

[@bledakaan]

@@Necromancer_46 Do you have any idea about tax rates in other countries ?

[@arifdemircioglu7042]

i think elon musk is a little jaloux

[@michaelhassall6821]

is this a joke. grease might invade when you have a power cut and cant charge your vehicles

[@jimigrill]

It is a hybrid that also runs on diesel. Have you watched the video properly?

[@bledakaan]

What is "grease" ? Do you mean Greece ? You made my day hahahhaaa....

[@TheKruze88]

Eco friendly human killing ffs smh

[@forestalfrank1074]

Kebap-Car....

[@ProFettMoHaMett]

🐽🐽🐽🕌🐽🐽🐽

[@michaelhassall6821]

why not invent chocolate ammunition

[@bledakaan]

Do it, what are you waiting for ?

[@helenodetroyo7035]

THAT IS A FUNNY JESTER VEHICLE. TOO MUCH WEIGHT FOR THE ENERGY STORED ON THE EXTREMELY HEAVY BATTERY. IS ONLY NEEDED A BULLET TO START AN ELECTRICAL FIRE IN THE VEHICLE. PLEASE BUILD THEM!... HAAAHAHAHAHA...

[@bledakaan]

We are building the vehicles. You are still buying the bullets which you are talking about. Regards to Hellas :D.

[@rainerlovesjapan9468]

"Out of battery, abandone vehicle"

[@alradzfarismael9828]

Rainer Zehrfeldt it has a Diesel power and electric power.

[@Abisshaq]

You swap the battery with the fresh one (200km)stored under the hood, it takes a few seconds. If you run out of fuel, i guess you abandoned your vehicle..

[@dorward01]

Buy one get one free lol..

[@omprast8595]

small cabin, not easy to enter!

[@Abisshaq]

It is a recon vehicle. It has to be low profil. Entering is before the mission, so not very important.

[@bledakaan]

İt is not a family weekend car....

[@jacquesdutronc2034]

It's a copy of the Panhard Crabe . That's not an innovation

[@badas45]

I enjoy weapon technology but anything coming out of Turkey will inevitably end up killing Kurds and that makes me sad

[@kaanozdemir9993]

Nearly 20 million Kurds live in Turkey. These weapons do not kill Kurds. Media terrorist organizations that kill Kurds ypg pkk do not mention ISIS Daesh organizations Turks are fighting terrorists, not civilians, we are not barbarians or bad people if you come to Turkey one day, how wrong it would be if you come to Turkey you will understand you understand my friend :)

[@1moderntalking1]

Wow, just copy Panhard Crab.

[@gaziarian9738]

Dont worry we will use the copy up your ass Butthurt western shitface

[@thegreatnormad3424]

I think your mind is a copy since you wrote the same over and over again .

[@bledakaan]

İt really hurts, doesn't it ? :D

[@mrbunchofcells]

bruh the guy is bad at talking

[@wendellworth353]

Really a dumb design. One EMP and it's useless.

[@michaelgold8107]

This turk guy sounds drunk! Too much ouzo. IDEF- Another mock up vehicle? Lol!

[@jimigrill]

Na, his English is just crap :D

[@michaelgold8107]

@@jimigrill Carpet seller salesman😁

[@Mr30friends]

ouzo is greek. Not turkish.

[@michaelgold8107]

@@Mr30friends Its Greek - correction

[@harrywillisdick8660]

Ak crap lol hahaha😃🤣

[@turkishempire1071]

Anan Crap lol😂😂

[@m.h.5191]

Will look nice in the hands of ISIS.... Turkish soldiers leave their weapons for ISIS afterall. Without even fighting .... Strange!!

[@drmentor]

M. H. Dude, I found a brain in the restroom yesterday and was looking for the owner. Coincidentally I found the owner now. Please you go and get your brain installed into skull and come back to make an new comment with brain thinking 😏

[@m.h.5191]

@@drmentor is this a restroom or a hospital?? Im talking about facts here 😊 The Turkish regime is pro ISIS... And talking about stupidity and the brain thing, Im not the one buying oil from ISIS thinking there are no satellites watching me... Damn dude, Turkey is a joke...

[@sundancer06]

moron

[@ahmetcengiz7144]

You are hypocrites if you're not stupid. America, which trains terrorists, has Zionism behind them. He's giving all the guns akerika.

[@talatguneyli2124]

We have never ever left our arms to anyone in history you go and fuck yourself moron !

[@suren2313]

Useless thing

[@AZL-b2s]

Copycat turkey

[@mechanicalengineering5749]

Like China

[@kaanozdemir9993]

@@mechanicalengineering5749 china = copy 😂

[@emrecanan2753]

Drive by shooting vehicle for LA gangsters

[@richardwendt9266]

Guy at 4:43 really doesn't want to be seen on camera.

[@xpressj.carter617]

😁😁😁😁😁lol

[@richardwendt9266]

Guy at 4:43 really doesn't want to be seen on camera.

[@richardwendt9266]

@Slippery Storm, Next thing he comes home with a heavily armoured golf car with a 25mm auto cannon.